Abstract: An apparatus for collecting material from a mass of the material, the apparatus having a housing for receiving the material; a container for holding the material; and an assembly mounting the housing for movement along a path through the mass of material, for the receipt of a portion of the material within the housing, and toward the container, for the release of the portion of the material into the container.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 16, 1993
Date of Patent:
March 21, 1995
Assignee:
100% California State University Fresno Foundation
Inventors:
Jack C. Wise, Carter D. Clary, Gwynn A. Sawyer Ostrom